Mollie Tibbetts case: 'Our employee was not who he said he was,' said murder suspect's employerLinh Ta, Des Moines, Published 6:00 p.m. CT Aug. 22, 2018 | Updated 6:06 p.m. CT Aug. 22, 2018
Dane and Craig Lang say they received threats after revealing they employed Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man charged in the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. Rodney White,
rodwhite@dmreg.comWhen the Lang family watched the news about Mollie Tibbetts unfold on Tuesday, a familiar face flashed on the screen.
They were shocked. The face of the suspect was familiar to them as one of their employees at Yarrabee Farms, but the name that went with the picture was completely different.
"What we learned within the last 24 hours is that our employee was not who he said he was," said Dane Lang, manager of Yarrabee Farms.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the 24-year-old immigrant accused of abducting and killing Tibbetts, allegedly used a different name and provided false identification when he applied for employment at the farm just outside of Brooklyn, his employer said Wednesday.
Rivera worked at Yarrabee Farms in rural Poweshiek County for four years, Lang said. Yarrabee Farms is owned by multiple generations of the Lang family, including Craig Lang, former Farm Bureau President and prominent Iowa Republican.
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